Author Archives: Dave Barry
Report: Feds on path to fall short of housing goal
OTTAWA - A federal housing body is telling the federal Liberals to rethink parts of the government's housing strategy so they better target rental units to those who need the help most.The report from...
Feb 28, 2022
Ottawa police make another trucker protest arrest
OTTAWA - Ottawa police have arrested and charged a Quebec man in relation to the recent protest near Parliament Hill. Police say Steeve Charland, 48, was arrested Saturday evening by the Ontario Provi...
Feb 28, 2022 Image Credit: Can. Press / File
Canada to send more aid to Ukraine
OTTAWA - Ottawa promised millions of dollars in additional military aid to Ukraine and closed Canada's airspace to Russian aircraft Sunday as the drumbeat of nuclear war grew louder. Yet the federal L...
Feb 27, 2022
Snowfall expected for Coquihalla over the weekend, heaviest snow on Sunday: Environment Canada
KAMLOOPS - The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt can expect another night of heavy snow.Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Saturday (Feb. 26) morning that forecast 15 to 2...
Feb 26, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Bouncy castles, pig roasts and dying in Ukraine
THERE ARE NO BOUNCY CASTLES or pig roasts on the streets of Kiev (or Keev, or Kayev, or Kyiv, depending on whichever TV news announcer is on shift) today.I didn't come up with that. A lot of people ar...
Feb 26, 2022
NATO leaders agree to bolster eastern forces after invasion
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts have agreed to send parts of the organization's response force to help protect al...
Feb 25, 2022
Canada must be ready to welcome Ukrainians to safety: expert
OTTAWA - Europe is facing a massive new migration crisis because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Canada should prepare to provide asylum to those fleeing the violence, says a Canadian security ...
Feb 25, 2022
Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three s...
Feb 24, 2022
Kamloops wildfire contractor sees benefits to year-round BC Wildfire Service
KAMLOOPS - Three of the last five years wildfire seasons have been record-breaking in terms of hectares burned. Last summer ranks third all-time at 868,000 hectares - behind 2017 and 2018 - but it may...
Feb 24, 2022
Weekend for Kamloops RCMP includes drug seizures, business break and enter
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP Detachment responded to approximately 367 calls for service from midnight Friday Feb. 18, to 9 a.m. on Feb. 21, 2022. Below are some highlights from those reports. Truck f...
Feb 24, 2022
